Posts tagged with mustaches
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 The Offbeat Bride: Mysi, Fledgling Photographer (and OBT member "mysi anne")
Her Offbeat Partner: Craig, Photographer, Journalist, Historian, Constant Student
Location & date of wedding: Lake Summerset Lodge, on Lake Summerset in Davis, Illinois. My parents have a summer house there and we wanted to honor their favorite place. — 7.11.09
What made our wedding offbeat: Our whole wedding was planned with this in mind: we'd each been to ONE wedding in our lives. We wrote our ceremony and during the vows, we each asked each other: "Will you navigate the Great Material Continuum with me?" (We fell in love watching seven seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine).
Continue reading "Mysi & Craig's antiquarian librarian meets Tom Collins wedding" →
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It's another round of reader questions! Not wedding advice, just … QUESTIONS!!
 Thanks to mingaling for submitting this shot to the Offbeat Bride pool! i don’t understand the deal of moustaches. i’ve seen it done many ways in the offbeat world, i just don’t the hows or whys of this fad. -Amy
Offbeat trends often echo subcultural trends, and the mustache thing is definitely the dominion of American Hipsterism. Think skinny jeaned tousel-haired 20somethings in Brooklyn, NY or the Mission district in San Francisco. Hipsters love their irony, and ironic 'staches have been all over the place for a few years. There's a whole silly website dedicated to Hipster Girls In Mustaches. I think the trend has gone from the ironic to whimsical as the trend has evolved from '80s throwback mustaches to dastardly vintage-style mustaches-on-a-stick. I'm not sure if I can get into WHY. I suppose I could make something up about young adults searching for meaning and authentic expressions of self in a post-9/11 media-saturated culture, but I'd just be talking out of my ass.
That said, who cares about the hows or whys. Is it silly? Totally. It it rational? Absolutely not. Does it make me laugh? THEN, SCORE!
What show are you a closet fan of? -Alisha
Continue reading "What's up with mustaches; TV; namesakes for me and my kid; and fashion" →
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The offbeat bride:
Andy – Graphic/Web Designer
(and OBT member "inkledoo")
Her offbeat partner:
Jeff – Graphic/Web Designer
Location and date of wedding:
The ceremony was held outside in Forest Heights Park.
The reception was held at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, AB — 08.08.09
What made our wedding offbeat:
Our wedding ended up being exactly what I had imagined — fun, causal, bright, design oriented, and full of our favorite people all wrapped into one day!
A few of the highlights were:
Continue reading "Andy & Jeff's bright green, design-detailed weddings" →
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 The Offbeat Bride: Alba Margarita, graduate student and profesional procrastinator (and OBT member)
Her Offbeat Partner: Jorge, PC repair technician
Location & date of wedding: Casa Diego, Cupey Alto, Puerto Rico — December 21st, 2008
What made our wedding offbeat: Being a rebel and all, I decided that I did not want a big cheesy fuss for my wedding, nor did I want a musty traditional one. I did several things that are almost unheard of here in traditional Puerto Rico…
Continue reading "Alba Margarita & Jorge's red & black, Puerto Rico weding" →
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 The offbeat bride: Megan, MSW Grad Student (and OBT member "megankugler")
Her offbeat partner: Rusty, Graphic Designer
Location & date of wedding: Kansas City Athenaeum in Kansas City, MO — August 1, 2009
What made our wedding offbeat: We wanted our wedding to represent who we are as a couple: Silly, creative, unconventional, and surrounded by love from our friends and family.
Almost everything was DIY, and we had quite a bit of help from friends and family.
Continue reading "Megan & Rusty's black, white, and wasabi wedding with unicorns & giraffes" →
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 The offbeat bride: Tasha, Customer Service
Her offbeat partner: Andrew, Art Gallery Director
Location & date of wedding: The Balcony on Dock St., Wilmington, NC — 10/25/2009
What made our wedding offbeat: We made our wedding offbeat by keeping the decorations simple, but with tons of personal touches. We actually had three beach houses on N. Topsail Beach for everyone to stay in for the entire weekend. We made our own invitations, programs, favor boxes, centerpieces and cupcake toppers. Everyone close to us contributed in some way. My bouquet was made by the Maid of Honor, out of hand sculpted and painted birds. We made the groomsmen handkerchiefs with a variety of mustaches for them to wear.
Continue reading "Tasha & Andrew's fun, elegant, mustache extravaganza wedding" →
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Offbeat Bride Carolyn Cambell has a great spin the mustache wedding trend:
As she says:
When I was making the programs/fans, I didn't know what to put on the back, so I thought about what I wanted to see when I looked out at the crowd. Of course! My aunt with a mustache.
For more photos of Carolyn's "Schwartz + Campbell = Schwambell" wedding, head on over here.
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